The path of science is convoluted, as I discovered during the first Winter of my tenure with the Professor. There are people, upon whom we must rely, that would prefer to see our research into the paranormal abandoned. The investigation at the Beaumaris House revealed to me a secret; the biggest threat to our scientific endeavours did not lie in old, creaky houses but in old, creaky minds.

Your best friend gets all the attention. Now she's pregnant with the Antichrist, religious maniacs are trying to kill her, and she wants to get an abortion. How do you compete with that, persuade her to keep the baby, and at the same time hold down your job as a bookshop assistant while trying not to think too much about decapitated Chihuahuas and the unpleasantness at the clinic? It's not easy.

Necessity forces us all to make uncomfortable choices. The Professor, operating in such a fringe discipline as Paranormology, bore a greater burden than most. Every decision held the potential to bring his work into disrepute. Our investigation at Hampton Court taught me that, for ghost hunting, a proper grasp of politics is just as necessary as the ability to read a thermometer.

A demon with a taste for Dry Martinis. An inexplicable pregnancy. A serial killer targets film critics. A woman gives up her old life to join a sinister cult in Croydon. A fashion blogger is trapped in Paris when the city is overrun by zombies.
Five short tales of the unexpected from the author of horror novels Suckers, Stiff Lips and The Ex, described by Salman Rushdie as 'a superb satirist'.

Five years ago, Rose Hillard vanished from the small town of Vantage. Despite an exhaustive police investigation, no trace of her was ever found. At least, that's the official story...
But what really happened to Rose? Who is pushing for the truth to come out? And has a dead girl's rotten corpse really returned to seek vengeance?

Susan is about to marry the man she loves, so why is she having such terrible nightmares? What is the secret of the ugly old doll she finds in the basement? And who is the mysterious American girl who turns up on the doorstep of her new London home? Soon, Susan is finding it hard to distinguish dream from reality. But if she can't learn to tell them apart, she may never be able to wake up again...

Anne Billson's debut novel, described by Christopher Fowler in Time Out as "dark, sharp, chic and very funny", is set at the end of the 'greed is good' decade, and features a gothic love triangle between a man, a woman and the 300-year-old vampire they chopped into easily disposable pieces a decade earlier. But now she's back, and this time she's building a bloodsucking empire...

Clare, stuck on the wrong side of town, is desperate to mingle with the artists and writers of trendy Notting Hill, like her friend Sophie. But how far will she go for a W11 postcode? As far as sharing a flat with someone who is, as she puts it, "vitally challenged"? From the author of cult vampire novel Suckers comes a 'sexy, sardonic and distinctly spooky' tale of girls, ghosts and glitterati.

Money and miracles. Buried treasure. A spooky hotel. And a detective strives . . . for nothing? Mystery, suspense and horror short stories including: Dragon On The Hill, Lodger, Voices From The Cornice, Invisible To The Night, Miracles, The Stoneman, Find Five Limbs, Tennis For Two, Nigel, Marsh.

Kevin's uncle only had six months to live and he was the sole heir of his estate. The timing was perfect because Kevin was on the verge of bankruptcy and a divorce and this was his only chance to win back the woman of his dreams but once they moved in that's when Home Sweet Home became Home Sweet Hell.

One hundred years ago, a horrific mass murder resulted in the permanent closure of Hardstone Women's Prison. Now the prison is being re-opened, but as a new generation of prisoners arrive to fill the cells, something evil is waiting in the shadows.
The Prison is a dark horror story about a woman who finds herself facing the truth about her own past, and about a dead, vengeful little girl.

Only one world remains in their conquest – one last flicker of life in an otherwise darkened universe. And so, the full might of the Dark Army descends.
An army of races must stand against it; hastily assembled, vastly outnumbered, and utterly unprepared for the evil that comes. Alone, the Guardians of the Gate will surely be swept away . . .
But they are not alone . . .

Some call them Seneca Guns, others call them Skyquakes, those unexplained booms from the sky. Daniel Knight heard it on November 17th. That, coupled with the mysterious black triangle and a military base where one shouldn't be would send Daniel Knight on an adventure that few humans will ever know. Skyquake, an old fashioned Space Opera. Get it now.

Eric’s past comes back to haunt him when he arrives home to find old friends waiting for him. Now he’s in for a rough night of magic, mayhem and terror as he races the clock against a murderous coven of dark witches with incredible and gruesome powers. Failure means he and his friends won’t survive the night. But their only chance of seeing the sunrise might mean a fate even worse than death…

Vampire Nights are filled of vampires drinking blood and trying to take over the world. Hooterville, IA brings the conflict vampire and good guys to the head where it overlaps to the surrounding communities. Vampires, werewolves, oh my God help us all.

In a new series that blurs the line between historical fiction and dark fantasy, Mitch Pembroke follows the love of his life out of prohibition-era America to a remote Caribbean island. While his only thought is to learn why she ran away, he should be worrying about how he’s going to survive the deadly secrets of Lazarus Key.

Like short stories to leave a mark, stay in your mind long after you've finished reading?
These dark, off-kilter tales will worm their way into your thoughts. Will make you laugh, cry, shiver and squirm.
Here, ordinary people lead far from run-of-the-mill lives, but you'd never guess until you look behind closed doors.
And you'll never look at discarded shoes the same way again...